Strange Plants

Strange Plants

by Shawn Talvacchia

Poll

What's your favorite: trees, flowers, or grasses? 

Multiple Choice

Which is true about plants?

• All plants can eat meat.

• Some plants can eat meat.

• No plants can eat meat.

Multiple Choice

What is moisture?

• part of a tree

• living things

• water

• processed food

Multiple Choice

What insect is this?

• Sundew

• Venus Flytrap

• Cactus

• Rose

Poll

Which plant did you like more?

Venus Flytrap    or    Sundew

Multiple Choice

Why does the sundew plant have sticky hairs?

• to collect water from the air

• to protect it from the heat

• to hide it from animals

• to trap insects to be digested

Multiple Choice

What do we call a plant that lives off another living thing?

• a flower

• a root

• a parasite

• a stone

Multiple Choice

Why do flies fly into the stapelia flower?

• The flower smells bad to people.

• They want to hide.

• It smells like a tasty meal.

• They need to drink.

Poll

Which plant did you like more?

Dodder plant    or    Stapelia

Multiple Choice

How do wool-like hairs benefit some cactus plants?

• The “wool” keeps them cool at night.

• The “wool” helps them release water.

• The “wool” heats plants in the daytime.

• The “wool” helps them hold water.

Multiple Choice

How does the stone plant protect itself from being eaten by animals?

• It grows above the ground so animals can't reach it.

• It has small spikes that animals don't like to chew.

• Its shape helps it hide from animals.

• It has wool-like hairs to protect it.

​Ant Plants

Multiple Choice

Which sttement is an opinion?

• Moist plants have green leaves.

• The dodder plant is a parasite.

• Australian orchids grow underground.

• Stone plants are not pretty.

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of this book?

• Bamboo makes a noise when it grows.

• Some flowers smell bad.

• There are many strange plants.

• Some plants eat meat.

Multiple Choice

What kind of air is good for plants?

• warm air

• dry air

• cold air

• moist air

Multiple Choice

What do the Venus flytrap and the sundew plant have in common?

• They trap and eat insects.

• They look like stones.

• They grow out of solid rock

• They are parasites.